The following interview with Miss California, Carrie Prejean, was conducted by Rex Wockner at Sanctuary of the Rock Church in San Diego. Prejean ignited a media firestorm when she spoke out against Gay marriage at the Miss USA pageant April 26. Prejean and her handlers were fully aware that Wockner is a pool reporter for over more --------------------------------------------------

The New Hampshire Senate voted 13 to 11 April 13 to approve a bill providing for equal marriage rights for Gay couples. The New Hampshire House approved a same-sex marriage bill on March 26. The new version, passed by the Senate, must now go back to the House for concurrence. That vote will likemore--------------------------------------------------

Recently returned from a fact-finding trip to Baghdad, US Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) is asking US officials in Iraq to investigate what he calls "alarming human rights violations that fundamentally threaten the safety of LGBT citizens of Iraq."

Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act (LLEHCPA), which promises to provide local police and sheriff's departments with federal resources to combat hate violence, was re-introduced into the Senate April 29 after the bill passed with a 249-175 vote in the House of Reprmore --------------------------------------------------

The US Senate's newest Democrat, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, comes to his new party with a mixed record on LGBT rights. Specter, a US Senator since 1981, announced on Tuesday that he was leaving the Republican party to become a Democrat.

Rev. H. Ray Neal will be installed as the new pastor of Metropolitan Community Church Seattle Sunday, May 10, 12:30 p.m. at the Chapel of Temple de Hirsch Sinai in a special worship service. The service will be officiated by Rev. Elder Ken Martin, Region One Elder for the Universal Fellowshimore --------------------------------------------------

This statement from the Iraq Freedom Congress was received through US Labor Against the War, a coalition of US unions and labor activists. Pride At Work, the LGBT labor organization, is an affiliate of USLAW.
The Iraq Freedom Congress was formed in March 2005 as a progressive, more --------------------------------------------------

Iraqi Gays have anuses glued shut, are fed laxatives
Iraqi Gays are being shot to death by militias and anti-Gay family and tribe members, allegedly executed by the government, and - in the latest twist - are having their anuses glued shut by death squads.

Miss USA brouhaha, media orgy
Either it is a nonstory that "the media" made into a huge story. Or the U.S. Gay world hit some kind of tipping point, and it's no longer possible to "get away" with saying anti-Gay things in many arenas - just as one can't get away with saying sexist or racist things. more

Johanna Sigurdardottir, Iceland's first woman prime minister and the world's first openly Lesbian head of government, won re-election on April 25 with an enhanced majority in the Althing, Iceland's parliament. Voter turnout was just over 85%, slightly higher than in the 2007 elections.

This Wednesday marked the 100th day since President Obama took the oath of office and, for the national Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community, never-before-experienced access to and inclusion in the federal government - although the LGBT community is still awaitmore
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Part one, 1965: My arrival in New York City, a studio in Brooklyn, met Ivan Karp who discovered Warhol and would help me get a Gallery. Met the elusive Warhol who invited me to visit his studio known as the Factory.

BOSTON (Reuters) - Maine's Senate passed a bill on Thursday that could make the northeastern U.S. state the fifth in the country to allow gay marriage, but the lower chamber and governor have yet to approve it.

Today, Congressman Barney Frank released the following statement about the Federal District Court ruling in favor of Diane Schroer in her case against the U.S. Library of Congress.
Schroer, a former Army Special Offices commander, had been offered a job with the Library of Congress in 2004 as a terrorism remore-------